Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

w e c:: III c ~ > c:: c:: :5 > II> o l- o r c, A 10-inch snow cover met riders at the Square Deal Mud an d S now scrambles in New York. Don Harless . WOMEN : 1. Mary Foanzoni; 2. Dor is Clemmons; 3 . Ton i Caprena. . Barnes nails Mid· Atlantic MX Hank Moree (lef t) returned to action after breaking his leg to w in both 85cc outings Saturday at the Mid-Atlantic Ind oo r MX in North Ca rolina. - Kell er sto le th e sho w in th e Open Pro cl ass with easy win s in both mOlDS. Va n der Ven holesh otthe first mo to but DNF due to mechan ical probl em s. H arold Neig hbors hol esh ot th e second Open P ro mo to , but Keller charge d by and ran away with th e race. Van der Ven returned 10 actio n and fini shed second. Neighbors rook third. Keller h ad prai se for th e even t, saying, " T h is is really a professional organization here. I wa s a liule skeptical about coming when I first heard about it because I' ve been to races before when th ey said th ey had a lighted system and it has never been safe. Bu t I think thi s is reall y a very good,safe track. It was good practice. I'll certainly be back next year ." " H u rr ican e" Hannah entered the event but decided not to rac e after a p ractice crash tweaked his wrist and ma ngled the front end of his Suzuki. " T h e spill during practice didn 't hurt me too m uch ," sai d Hannah, " but I tore up my bike. The radiators are off, and th e h an dl ebars, so me leve rs a nd master cylinder a re messed up. We ' re tes ting two sets of forks and shocks; tha t is th e biggest thi ng, that we are a ble to ge t th e test ing do ne." Results 125cc AM : 1. Carl Va lla ncou n (Hon); 2. M ich ael Claylon; 3. A lain Campe au (Kaw). 250cc AM : 1. Chr i s Vandewie ll (Vam); 2. And re 18fonuney (Yam); 3 . Kenny Johnt ing (Kaw) . OPEN AM: 1. Ken Blizzard (Hon); 2. Vincent Bond i (Hon). BOcc EXP: 1. Joh n Kitsc h (Kaw ); 2. Rasco Banra (Kaw) ; 3. Rusty DeVa ne. 125 cc PRO: 1. Guy Cooper (Hon); 2. Donn ie Delgado (Hont 3. Ti m Brill (Kaw) . 250cc PRO: 1. Vince DeVa ne (Vam): 2. JoJo Kelle r (yam); 3 . Steve M an in {Yam} . OPEN PRO: 1. JoJo Kell er (Yam ); 2. Shane Drew (Hon); 3 . Harold Neighbor s (Hon). Sumter Enduro win to Hines By Andy Simons SUMTER . SC, JAN. 26 Kevin Hines, riding a KT M sponsored by KTM America an d H&H Husqvarna/KTMI Can-Am of Mab leton , Georgia, ou t-gunn ed SE&TRA regulars All en Gravitt and Ra nd y H awkins to win th e 17th Annual Sumter Enduro, a round of th e SE&T RA Ch ampionship Endu ro Series . Hines turn ed in a eigh t-poi nt score th at wa s good for a o ne point win in a run th a t was sto p pe d a t th e halfway mark . The in cid ent th at brought the event to a prem ature halt began wh en a n unnamed rider wa s injured in a fall on a paved road. A South Carolina Highway Patro lman, responding to the. accidenr .call, .beca me, ver y .ira e when he th ought th at riders wer e racing on th e highway. H e refused to allow the end u ro to co nt in ue. even though man y riders produced their licen ses, insurance paper s. etc. When Sumter County Deputi es, who wer e hel p in g direct end u ro traffi c, tried 10 interced e, th e Highway Patrolman threatened to pl ace th em under arrest. Desp ite stopping th e event. the Highwa y Patrolman did not issue any citations 10 participants. Sumter Enduro Club offici al s said th ey would fil e a form al complaint against the patrolman . They explained that they had received clearance for the event from Highwa y Patrol headquarters prior to th e en d uro. Club members apologized to out-ofstate riders who were treat ed rudel y a nd promised 10 do everything possible 10 assure that there would not be a reoccurrence of this type in future events. O ver 350 competitors signe d up for th e event that has become a bailie between SE&T RA riders and riders fro m th e north who have vent ured south to compete. Among the entrants was N at io n a l En d uro C h ampion Terry Cunn in gham, who DNF reportedly due to running ou t of gas. SE&TRA riders competing i n unusua lly cold weather and in stea dy rain were led by Gra vi tt with the AA class wi n . Mark Ea ddy with the Top A class performan ce. a nd Mark's brother George Ea ddy , who won th e 250cc A class. T he to p B score was turned in by Georgia 's Kei th Shealton wh o continued his dominance of the 200cc B class. The Yankee ron ringe nt co ul d brag abou t Hines' overa ll w in bu t th e o n ly ot he r " sno wb ird " wh o scored big was Ma ry Foanzon i, wh o topped th e \Vomen 's class. T h ese res u lts were a marked co u trast to th e previous S umrer Endu ros in wh ich Yanke,' riders look home h l~I V Y rru-tul . Results OVERALL: Kevin Hines (KTM) . OPEN A : 1. Mark Eaddy; 2. George Waller Jr.; 3 . Wally W ilson. 250c c A : 1. George Eaddy ; 2 . Darryl Moody; 3 . Burran Hamrick . 200cc A: 1. Steve Genter; 2. Sammy Paulk; 3. Tommy veercr. 125cc B: 1. Terry Li ndsay; 2 . Ch arle s Br idg es; 3. Don Blanding . 200cc B: 1. Keith Sh ealton; 2. Scan Crowder; 3. Kim W atson. 250cc B: 1. St eve Lewis; 2. Doug Jon es; 3 . M ack Barbe r. OPEN B: 1. Lem Wooten ; 2. R. Morbito ; 3 . Tommy Cou sin s. 125cc C: 1. Terry Mc intosh; 2. Drew Thomas; 3 . Stev e Shaff er. 200cc C: 1. Roger Allen ; 2. Tracy Full er; 3. Tim Sum mery . 2 50 cc C: 1. Roger Reed; 2 . Frank Rame y; 3 . Ric hard Jeffcoa t. OPEN C: 1. Don Baxly; 2 . J immy Lynch ; 3 . W ;Iliam Prosser. SR. A: 1. George Burch; 2 . Don James; 3. Ron Foltz . SR. B: 1. Joh n Parker ; 2. M ari on Looper; 3. Larry Baxley. ~ tV'~ ~ ~ R : J , J !rv Fr0li"~.r;2• ~i!1 §~.m,unson; 3 . . . . . ---.... .. ~ ~ - - - - .. - By Earl Walton ASHEVILLE, NC . JAN . 3 1-FEB. I T immy Barnes topped the 500cc P ro s after two days of racing in ro u nd two of the Mid-Atlantic Indoo r Motocross Championsh ip Ser ies, held a t th e Western North Caro lin a Agricultural Ce nter Horse Arena. Barnes, from W ilson , North Carolina, carne from behind Saturday ni g ht to w in th e fin al e a nd over ll, a fter a Robbi e Neel ey domina led 500cc Pro ac tio n for most o f th e weekend, N eeley, OUI o f Spa rtan burg, North Carolina, managed metal-bumping hol eShOIS in th e track 's fir st wide tum like a season ed Ha t rracker and fou ght hi s wa y lO th e qualifier a n d main event wins Fr iday ni gh t. Neel ey likewise pulled o ff Sa turday's qualifier , but couldn 't hold out under Barnes' h eat in th e finale. Baffl es made off wi th th e m ot o w in a nd th e number-one o verall trophy. Neel ey took second overall. whi le R obbie Taylor. a hot Yamaha co n tende r from Anderson, South Carolina. sacked third. j im Chester bro ug h t home the 125cc bacon agai n w ith solid number-one finishes a boa rd h is KX, wi th Timothy Cropp (Kaw) landi ng second overa ll. Cropp showed ma nhandli ng expertise over the j u m p s and w hoops wi th preci sion and control. T hi rd overall wen t to Brian j ustice. who ca me away with second in Fr iday's m ai n . but had trouble w it h traffic in the Sa turday sprint, fini sh ing sixth . R o bbie jacobs of H endersonvill e, N orth Carolina, p ilot ed h is Honda 10 th e 250cc Novice lead, ba u ling close cha llen ges from Marc Clevela nd . Danny Dra ke, a nd Vincen t Bro wn - en o ugh lO keep anybody bu sy. Hi s o n ly rea l trouble cam e wit h a too-close-for-comfort eig h th -p lace qualifi er fini sh. But j acobs had it wh en it co u n ted with double m a in even t wins. In the 500cc Am at eur class, it wa s David Albert, jr. wh o took th e checkers aboa rd hi s KTM . The T ennessee nati ve fini sh ed thi rd in Frida y's fin al . a nd o n Sa tu rday he found himself seco nd behi nd hol esh ot-grabber Ga ry Brill a nd look ed for a n o pe n ing. The break carne three laps into th e eve III as Brill slipped back tw o not ch es in to third behind anot he r T ennessee rider , C ha rlie j ohnson. T hey fini sh ed in th a t order, a nd the o vera ll read Albert, Briu . j ohnson. The 0-85cc ( 12-15) class, no rm a ll ydom inat ed by Tea m Green's " H a m m erin ' " H ank Morel', Io und th e Worl d Cha m pion Soc iety H ill s, So uth Carolina , native in th e fourth o vera ll pos itio n . It wa s a brok en rig h t leg sus ta ine d a t ti ll' Florida Willi eI' Nati ona ls that ca used Moree to fa ll twi ce in th e track 's o n ly rig h t- ha n d co rner a n d fini sh eigh th in th e Frida y main even t. Morel' went o n to lake both th e qual ifi er and main even ts Saturday, as if there was l .~: .; ~:~ . . _-: ~: ... _. ::. . :~ .. i not h ing wrong. His tuner, Earl j a mes, co mmen ted th at he " rode like he had a ca rton o f eggs o n hi s la p ." Eithe r way , it wasn 't good enoug h 10 keep hard-ch arg ing Mik e Brown from putling hi s H onda in th e first o vera ll co l u m n . Br own roo k co ns is te n t seco nds, o ne o f which was beh ind Yamaha rider from Murphy, Nort h Caro lina , Gary Brown, th e second place overa ll fin isher. In th ird o vera ll wa s M ike Pad geu. 'Tilden Styron of Sta tesv ille, North Ca rol ina, piloted h is KX60 to a clean swee p in 0-65cc (7-1 1) co m pet itio n . S tyron look a ll the hol esh o ts a nd m ot o wi ns for first overa ll honors. S ec ond overa ll was Ka w a sakimounted Con n Ma son o f Woodruff, So ut h Ca rolin a , a hea d o f Shan e Cl ampeu of Ca m o n, N orth Carolina. Results 0 -65 7 -1 1: 1. TIlden Styron (Kaw) ; 2 . Sha ne Clampen (Han) ; 3. Conn M ason (Kaw). . 125 NOV; 1. Allen Cody (Kaw ); 2 . Tony Smith (Hon); 3 . John McClure (Kaw) . 250 A M : 1. J im Chester (Kaw); 2. Ti moth y Cropp (Kaw) ; 3 . Chris Good (Kaw) . 0 -8 5 7 · 1 1: 1. Bo Shannon (Vam); 2. Todd Co un ney (Kaw) ; 3 . Pat rick Ash worth (Vam). 500 PRO: 1. Tim mv Barnes (Vam); 2. Robbie Neeley (Kaw) ; 3 . Robb ie Tayle r (Vam). 125 AM : 1. .Jim Chester (Kaw ); 2. T;mot hy Cropp (Kaw l; 3. Brian J ustice (Yaml . 2 50 NOV : 1. Robbie J acob s (Hon); 2. Marc Cleveland (Yam); 3. James McC ollam (Suz). 0 -8512 -1 5 : 1. M;ke Brown (Han ); 2. Gary Brown (Vam); 3 . M;ke Padgett (Vam ). 500 AM : 1. David A lbe rt J r . (KTM) ; 2. Gar ry Britt (Han); 3. chertle Johnson (KTM) . SaHon tops Square DealHS By Larry McBride BI N GHAMTON , NY . JAN. 26 On a less than desirable da y, T add Salton made his performance very desirable by winning the Expert class in the Squ are Deal R iders Mu d an d Snow Scram bles. Af ter a n evening of h eav y sn o w. th e m il e-long trac k was laden with a IO-inch cove r wh ich made passage ex tremely difficult. Salton . ho wever . completed the half-hour event with en ergy to spare as h e earned his first ever Expert class victory. Adding to the sweetness of that victory was the fact that he had stopped the wi n streak of Randy Gardner, who had n o t been beaten in 25 consecutive events span n ing two yea rs. Gardner fin ished seco nd in the Expert class behind Salton a n d runner-up Ken Titus. The 250cc class fea tu red a classic confrontation between Steve Deemie a nd Lenny McBrid e. Deemie had tri u m p hed in th ree consecu tive events. whil e McBrid e h ad go ne tw o for two. Adding 10 th e competit ion was Craig Estell e. McBride to ok the lead off the start. bu t by the co m pletio n of th e first la p Estell e h ad the lead. After being p ressured hard by McBride and Deernie fo r two laps. Estelle fell and relinquished his lead . Deem ie a nd Mc Bride swapped the lea d several times befo re McBrid e got the checkered flag first 10 tie h im with Deem ie at th ree wi ns eac h. Mini class rider Cu rt Blewett co ntinued hi s domination of that class by add in g a seven th win to his strin g of victories. Aft er taki ng seconds a nd thirds in th e openi ng rou nd s of th e series, Open class co m peti to r Dal e Bau m es has tu rn ed in a ch arge that consists of fo u r stra ig h t win s which ha s given h im th e series points lead . Results 100cc: 1. Cun Blewett (Ka w l. 200cc: 1. Glen Davis (Yam); 2. Russe ll Baldwin (Kaw) ; 3. Bill M osher (Kaw). 2 5Occ: 1. Lenny M cBri de (Honl; 2 . Steve Oeem ie (Ho n); 3 . Craig Estelle (Ho n). OPE N: 1. Dale Baumes (Hon); 2 . Charley Chapma n (Vam); 3 . J im Nab inge r (Vam). SR: 1. Russell Baldwin (Kaw); 2 . Charley Chapman (Vam); 3 . George Ma rr er (C· A). EXP: 1. Todd Salto n (Kaw); 2. Ken Tit us (Kaw); 3 . Rs ndy Gardner (Han). J • I )

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